Who is the author of the Shatibiyyah poem, and what is his full biography?
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Al-Qasim ibn Firruh al-Shatibi is the author of the well-known Lamiyyah poem, known as Al-Shatibiyyah, and Al-Ra'iyyah. He was born in the year 538 AH and studied under the tutelage of Abu Abdullah al-Nafari and Abu al- ibn Hudhayl. He possessed vast knowledge in recitations (qira'at), orthography (rasm), grammar (nahw), jurisprudence (fiqh), and . He had exquisite poetic compositions alongside piety and devotion. He settled in Egypt after voluntarily abandoning his country's oratory, and he passed away in Egypt in the year 590 AH.
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